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Edwin Milton Hooker

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker

March 31, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

R/187913

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 525 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

13. A. 5.

Location:

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover. From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road. On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave marker – Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Edwin Hooker– Just weeks before the end of the war Ed's 429 Squadron switched over to Lancs. On a bombing run over Hamburg they were shot down by a German jet fighter. Only 2 of 7 crewmen survived. Born and raised in Wheatley, Ontario, according to Hooker,s sister, he could have come home sooner, but in a letter home he stated that " he had a job to do and he planned to finish it."

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    Photo of Edwin Hooker
    Photo of Edwin Hooker – Just weeks before the end of the war Ed's 429 Squadron switched over to Lancs. On a bombing run over Hamburg they were shot down by a German jet fighter. Only 2 of 7 crewmen survived. Born and raised in Wheatley, Ontario, according to Hooker,s sister, he could have come home sooner, but in a letter home he stated that " he had a job to do and he planned to finish it."

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